Huangxiu

Chapter 1154 Reversal
They were furious.

So they stopped running away and stood still, forming a battle formation.

Chu Zhiyuan stepped forward, and the Shadowless Divine Sword easily and without hesitation reaped one life after another.

They seemed like stiff puppets in front of Chu Zhiyuan, always a step behind him.

His sword arrived before they began to dodge, but their efforts were in vain, and they were easily killed by him.

A quarter of an hour later, the last two demonic jade stones were incinerated into blood mist, which Chu Zhiyuan easily dodged.

The entire encirclement and killing operation has ended.

Thirty-three evil sect masters, including two seventh-level Venerables, were all killed by him alone.

Chu Zhiyuan had not expected that his Shadowless Divine Sword, combined with the Heavenly Sword Scripture and the Earthly Origin Technique, would possess such power.

When he floated back to Ding Huanchun and the others, they were still on high alert, preparing to deal with the approaching demons.

Upon seeing Chu Zhiyuan appear, Ding Huanchun stepped forward and asked, "Mr. Chu, how is it?"

Chu Zhiyuan said, "It's resolved."

"All resolved?!"

"Please trouble you all to collect their corpses," Chu Zhiyuan said with a smile.

Ding Huanchun withdrew his surprise and waved his hand.

The twelve city guards flew gracefully forward.

"Sir, how are these demons?"

"It wasn't as strong as last time, so it was easier to kill, and I'm also more experienced now."

"congratulations."

They returned quickly, each carrying two or three corpses.

They placed these corpses next to the original corpses.

Once they were all gathered together, the scene became quite spectacular.

Chu Zhiyuan looked him over and nodded in satisfaction.

The addition of these thirty-three corpses made the scene even more spectacular and impactful.

Unfortunately, neither the evil spirits nor any other people have seen it.

“Mr. Chu,” Ding Huanchun stepped forward and asked, “Are these guys really that vulnerable?”

Chu Zhiyuan laughed and said, "Perhaps my cultivation technique just happens to be the counter to them."

"No wonder," Ding Huanchun remarked.

He concluded that Chu Zhiyuan's cultivation level was below the ninth level.

However, their fighting power is comparable to that of a Nine-Turn Venerable.

He thought to himself: Is this the power of one of the four great sects in the world?

The strength displayed at the same level far exceeds that of other levels.

Chu Zhiyuan asked, "What should we do with these corpses?"

Ding Huanchun smiled wryly: "I'm afraid we can't put the head here yet."

Chu Zhiyuan nodded understandingly: "In that case, it would be better to take them all back. It would be better to scare away the other demons."

“…Alright.” Ding Huanchun nodded slowly, seemingly lost in thought. “Or perhaps we should withdraw some of the city guards?”

Chu Zhiyuan smiled and said, "Is this feasible?... Don't push yourself too hard."

Ding Huanchun said, "As long as nothing goes wrong, I still have this much autonomy."

"That's for the best."

Chu Zhiyuan smiled.

Ding Huanchun understood what he meant.

The city gate should be turned into a trap or bait to lure evil spirits in.

Ding Huanchun also sighed inwardly.

Unbeknownst to them, the situation had already reversed.

Judging from the mental state of the Zhucheng garrison soldiers, they were originally tense, resentful, and fearful, in a state of shock and imminent conflict.

But now they are high-spirited, relaxed, and restless.

He beckoned.

A dozen or so city guards stepped forward.

He whispered a few instructions.

The twelve city guards sprang into action, carrying the corpses into the city.

The area outside the city gates has returned to its former emptiness and quiet.

Night had already fallen.

The city gates are closed; no outsiders are allowed to enter or leave the city.

There was no curfew in the imperial city; the city was brightly lit all night.

However, the city gates were closed, and no one could enter or leave the city; one had to wait until the next morning to enter or leave.

Ding Huanchun smiled and said, "Sir, no more evil spirits will come at this time. You can go back and rest."

Chu Zhiyuan asked, "Won't they force their way in tonight?" Ding Huanchun replied with a proud expression, "No matter how good their lightness skills are, they won't be able to scale the wall."

Chu Zhiyuan glanced at the weathered city wall.

Ding Huanchun said, "This city wall contains a strange power that cannot be touched. No matter how strong your cultivation is, you cannot climb over the wall unless you directly jump over the top of the wall."

He chuckled and said, "There is no light-body skill in the world that can directly leap over walls."

Chu Zhiyuan looked up at the hundred-meter-high wall and slowly nodded.

It would indeed be difficult to directly jump over this wall using only light-footed skills; even with his Wind-Riding Cloud-Soaring Technique, he could not directly jump over a height of 100 meters.

We need to leverage external resources.

They can easily traverse mountains thousands of meters high, but they need to use trees or rocks for support to glide across them.

This hundred-meter-high wall also needs to be reinforced.

You can touch the wall with your toes, or with your sword, or in some other way.

However, they all need to borrow strength from the wall, which contains a strange power. Once touched, their muscles and bones become weak and they are unable to climb upwards.

Neither one's own hands and feet, nor trees, nor swords, nor any other strange weapons could stop the transmission of this strange power.

Chu Zhiyuan couldn't help but sigh, "The imperial dynasty truly lives up to its name; it has a profound foundation."

Such city walls are not something that ordinary sects and forces can possess.

"Sir, shall we go?" Ding Huanchun said.

Chu Zhiyuan stood up, glanced at the southwest direction, and a slight smile appeared on his lips.

“Sir?” Ding Huanchun noticed the change in his expression.

Chu Zhiyuan said, "There are some evil spirits lying in ambush over there."

Ding Huanchun's eyes were burning, as if he wanted to see into the distance through the darkness.

But when he followed Chu Zhiyuan's gaze, all he saw was the night and a dense forest.

The woods had blended into the night, so dark that nothing could be seen.

He didn't doubt what Chu Zhiyuan said and said softly, "Sir, the city gates are about to close. Let them wait and deal with them tomorrow."

Chu Zhiyuan said, "You should close the city gates now. I'll wipe them out first."

"But sir, once the city gates are closed at closing time, they cannot be opened again unless there is an extremely urgent matter."

Chu Zhiyuan smiled and said, "I will stay outside the city tonight."

“Please think it over, sir,” Ding Huanchun hurriedly advised. “If it were an ordinary master, he could simply hide in the night, but you are different.”

Chu Zhiyuan smiled and asked, "What's the difference?"

Ding Huanchun said, "They will attack you like moths to a flame, and they will never give up, because demons are very good at ambushes and are best at sneaking up in the dark."

Chu Zhiyuan laughed and said, "That's quite a coincidence. I'm also very good at ambushing people in the dark. Let's see who has the better skill."

"gentlemen……"

Chu Zhiyuan said, "It's settled then, Brother Ding, let's close the city gates first."

Ding Huanchun smiled bitterly and looked at the sky.

A bright moon has already risen, and it is time to close the city gates; there is no time to delay.

This is an ironclad rule, and it cannot be changed even if one is in charge of the city gate.

Chu Zhiyuan waved his hand and said, "I'll be going now. See you tomorrow."

After saying that, he glided forward and quickly disappeared into the night.

Before the moonlight had truly fallen, visibility was extremely short, and they quickly lost sight of him.

"grown ups……"

"Close the city gate!"

At Ding Huanchun's command, the heavy, massive, pitch-black iron gate slowly closed.

As the door closed, Ding Huanchun glanced into the distance, then shrank back and slipped inside.

"boom!"

The city gates closed shut again.

Chu Zhiyuan had already rushed into a grove of trees, drawn the Shadowless Divine Sword, and entered a state of silence.

He moved as if submerged in water, silently approaching a group of demons.

These demons, dressed in black, blended into the surrounding night.

Deep in the woods, the eighteen people sat in a silent huddle.

However, the central position is occupied by a statue.

Chu Zhiyuan's expression changed the moment he saw the statue.

He recognized it as a statue of the evil lord.

It is clear that these demons are preparing some kind of ritual.

The purpose of this ritual was likely to borrow the power of the evil lord.

At this point, borrowing the power of the Evil Lord, it's unlikely that they'll wait until tomorrow morning to make their move.

(End of this chapter)